Key retainer



Spt. 19, 1944.

KEY RE TAiNER Filed Dec. 20, 1941 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 19, 1944 Samuel Segal, Brooklyn. Y. ApplicationDecember 20, 1941, Serial No. 423,860

8 Claims. (01. ear-2s) A This invention has to do with a key retainer adapted to be disconnectably mounted about the wrist of a wearer and has for its object to provide an improved and serviceable key retainer wherein a pair of spaced straps carry time keepingmeans and wherein oneof the straps is utilized to swingably support yoke means rotatably and disengageably carrying a guard rotatably straddled by a locking bar at one end thereof and wherein the yoke means rotatably and disconnectably carries at anotherend thereof suitable key means provided with a loop portion for threadably receiving the other strap or the pair of straps to interlock with a lip" of the guard prior'to its retention by the locking bar fiatwise against the guard. Another object is to utilize an'intervenor carried by one of the strap members to shield the key from the wearer'of the key retainer. Other important objects will be apparent from the following detailed disclosure considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the key retainer according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the key retainer.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 'of key retainer showing the rotatable .key extended foruse, and r Fig. is an exploded view of the buckle on which the rotatable key, ard; and swingablelocking bar are mounted.

In the drawing, the key retainerbroadly'designated R comprises the flexible leather strap members and H appropriately sustaining wrist watch l2.

One end of the strap member H is provided with" spaced sockets or loops "I3 "characterizing bearing means rotatably'supporting bridge I 4 of the U shaped hasp or yoke l5 of the buckle broadly denoted B. s

Rotatably interposed between the arms l6 of the hasp I5 is the U shapedguard G having its arms l1. provided with the laterally extending studs or pintles l8 on which the depending perforated legs 19 of the swingable U shaped locking bar 20 are rotatably and disconnectablymounted,

the pintles or trunnions l8 being rotatably but removably retained or journalled in the openings or bearings 2| in sides l6 of the hasp l5,

locking bar 20, and legs l9 rotatably straddle arms I! of the guard G.

It will be observed that the arms [6 of hasp or yoke I5'include the offset terminals 22 provided with the inwardly extending studs 23 removablyand rotatably fitting into the bearings or openings 24 in the side's'of the bow or head 25 of the key K having the notched and-grooved shank 26. j

Where the leather strap members l0 and H are surrounding the wrist of the'wearer, the

shank 26 is against the leather and liftable 010-- able key. However the key in its closed or inoperative relation is held concealed between flap 21 and the terminal 30 of the strap member III threaded through the hollow bow or rim 25 of the key;

' If terminal. 30 is' threaded through the bow:

25 one. of the perforations 3| is adapted to receive the offset lip or tongue 32 extending from the'bridge 33 of the guardor yoke G ably interlock therewith;

Thereafter terminal 30 is brought over to lie adjacent the arms I! of the guard by threading thereof through the rockable or pivoted locking bar 20. It follows that the swingable key is snugly retained within the buckle and between the protecting flap 2'! and the terminal 30 of strap member l0. inner flap 21 and outside terminal 30, the swingable guard G likewise is retained against movement between the key and the outside terminal 30.. Thus the guard G serves as a stop for the key. m

To render the key accessible for use terminal 30- is un'threaded or removedfromthe locking bar 20 and oneofvthe openings 3! interlocking with' lip 32 is withdrawn from the latter permitting terminal .3llto be subsequently withdrawn from the loop or bow 25 of the key. Hence buckle'B .may' be tilted away from the wrist and relative to sockets l3.

Access thereafter may be had to the key and 'the latter is bodily swunggto the position illustrated in Fig. 4, that is, so that its shankover hangs the buckle,.the guard G in this instance serving as stop means for the .key' atwhich time indentation -34.of lip 32 is disposed between'and" in the gap defined by the brace or bridge mem- I Where-the key is rotatedto be outside of the to remov With the key'concealed between buckle (Fig. 4), the guard and more particularly lip 32 and bridge 33 thereof abut the shank of the key and bridge 35 of the bow of the key respectively when thumb pressure is applied to the guard, hence the key is held substantially in longitudinal alinement with the buckle which in this instance characterizes a handle for the swingable key to facilitate convenient rotation thereof.

As shown the buckle is of suitable metal, that is, itsyoke: l5; guardG, and the locking bar each is of metal having adequate resiliency whereby arms l6 may be slightly sprung apart to disconnectably receive the pintles I8 of the guard and to permit studs 23 to enter the bear ings 24 of the bow of the key. 'I'hearms I101.

the guard also are slightly resilient to permit legs IQ of the rotatable locking bar 20 to be removably snapped over pintles N3 of the guard. However when the several parts of the buckle are assembled theyare prevented from accidentaldis= engagement.

, By the present arrangement, the buckle of the keyretainer may, be-readily assembled-or knockeddown'and'in theassembled-relation, the key'retainer of which the buckle is a part; an emer gency-key may be desirably heldconcealeol but instantly available for. use when necessary.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction and: arrangement of parts without'departing from the: spirit of the invention or sacrificinggany of the advantages thereof inherent therein;

Iclaim':

1..A key retainer forsupporting a key com--.

prising a strap'member'having bearing means,

ayoke"rotatablysustainedxby said bearing'means andiincludingspaced arms, a guard interposed between said: arms; said guard and armsihaving means for rotatably supporting said guard; a locking bar mounted on said guard, saidiarms andikeyhaving means-for rotatably sustaining said key, said key having a bow including'an opening; alip'eXtending from said guard across saida'opening and: overlying said bow to limit rotational displacement ofr'said guard towards said key andra perforated. strap member adapted to: be threaded through said opening for inter- I lockingfwith saidtlip' and adaptedto overlie said guard-andzdisengageably fastened by said lockingba'r.

'2; A key" retainer for supporting 'a key comprisinga strap: member having bearing means, a yoke rotatably sustainedZby sa-id bearing-means andiincludingspaced' resilientarms, a guard interposed: between said arms; said guard and'arms' having: means rotatably" sustaining; said guard,

a locking bar straddling said guard and straddledby said armsymeans for rotatablysustaining said bar relative 'to'i-said yoke and guard, said arms and' key having I means for rotatably V sustaining said k'ey; said' key including a'bow having an opening; :1; lip extending'from said guard across i comprising; a strap member havingi b'earing' means. ayoke. having'ra-bridge' rotatably 'sus-'- nions rotatably and removably sustainedby said.

bearings, a locking bar straddling said guard-and tained; by 1 said bearing: means and; including spaced arms extending from said bridge, a guard interposed between said arms, said guard and arms having means for rotatably supporting said guard, a locking bar straddling said guard and straddled by said arms, means rotatably supporting said bar, said arms and key having means for rotatably sustaining said key, said key having a bow including an opening, a lip extending from said guard across said opening for overlying, said bow to limit rotational displacement of: said guard towards said key, a perforated strap member adapted to be threaded through said opening for interlocking with said lip and adapted to overlie said guard and dis engageably fastened by said locking bar, and a flap. attached to said first mentioned strap member and disposed along one face of said key to constitute an' intervener shield between said key and. the flesh of said wrist.

4. A key retainer for supporting a key comprisinga strap member.havingbearingmeans, a yoke'having a bridge-rotatably sustained by'said bearing means and including spacedarms having spaced bearings adjacent said bridge; a guard interposed. between said'arms-and having trunnions rotatably sustained by said bearings", alocking bar straddling said guard and straddled-bysaid'arms androtatably sustained by said" trunnions, said key having aibow'including an opening-said arms and key having: meansindependent of said'trunnions' for rotatably sustaining: said bow a" lip extending from saidiguard' across-,said; opening for overlying? said bow'to limit rotational displacement of said guard'towards said key, and a:perforated: strap member adapted: to be threaded into said opening for interlocking with said-lip and'adapted to overlie said guard and disengageably fastened by said locking 1 bar.

5. A: key retainer forsupporting a key comprising a strap member having'bearing'meansa yoke having a bridge rotatably sustained by said member and including spaced arms having spaced bearings adjacent: said" bridge, a guard interposed'between' said arms and having trun-' nions rotatably sustained by said" bearings, a locking bar straddling said" guard and straddled by saidarms and rotatably sustained by said trunnions, said key having a bow including an opening, said arms'and keyhaving means independent ofsaid trunnions" for rotatably sustaining said bow, a lip extending from said" guard across said openingrfor overlying said bow to limit rotational displacement of said guard to-- wards said key, a perforated strap" member threadable through saidopening: for interlocking withsaid lip=andadapted'tooverlie saidguard and--disengageably fastenedby said look ing bar, and a flap secured to said first mentioned strap member. for shielding said'key 1 6,-.A. key retainer for removablyencompassinga. wrist of: awearer and for' supporting 'a key comprising a: strap member having bearing means, a yoke having a bridge rotatablysus-' tained by said. bearing.

meansand including spaced resilient. arms having spacedbearings adjacent said.bridge,,a guard interposed between said arms and having laterally extending .trun.-

straddledby saidrarms and rotatably and removably sustained by said trunnions, said key having a hollow'bow keyhaving means independent of said trunnions including an opening, said arms'having oifset portions, the latter and'said;

for rotatably and removably sustaining said bow, a lip projecting from said guard and extending medially of and across said opening to overlie said bow to limit rotational displacement of said guard towards said key, a, perforated strap member adapted to be threaded through said opening for interlocking with said lip and adapted to overlie said guard and disengageably fastened by said locking bar, and a liftable flap secured to said first mentioned strap member and disposed along one face of said key to constitute an intervener shield between said key and the flesh of said wrist.

'7. In a key retainer for supporting a key comprising a strap member including bearing means, a, U-shaped yoke having a bridge rotatably sustained by said bearing means and including spaced and resilient arms including spaced bearings adjacent said bridge, a U'-shaped guard having spaced arms including extended means rotatably and removably sustained by said bearings and having a bridge portion, a locking bar rotatably and removably mounted on said extended means, said key having a bow including an opening, said bow and said first mentioned arms having means for rotatably sustaining said key, a lip extending from said bridge portion and projecting across said opening and "cooperating with said bow to hold said key in said yoke, and

a perforated strap member threadable into said opening for interlocking with saidlip and adapted to overlie said guard and disengageably fastened by said locking bar. I

8. In a key retainer for supporting a key comprising a strap member including bearing means, a yoke having a bridge rotatably sustained by said bearing means and including spaced and resilient arms having spaced bearings adjacent said bridge, a, guard interposed between said arms and having means rotatably engaged in said bearings, a locking bar, means rotatably and disconnectably sustaining said bar on said guard, said key having a bow including an opening, said key and arms having means rotatably and disconnectably sustaining said key, a lip extending from said guard across said opening for overlying said bow to limit rotational displacement of said guard towards said key, a perforated strap member threadable into said opening for interlocking with said lip and adapted to overlie said guard and disconnectably fastened by said locking bar, and a flap secured to said first mentioned strap member, said bow limiting displacement of said lip towards said key and said flap limiting displacement of said key in a direction away from said guard.

SAMUEL SEGAL. 

